The city converted public housing to privately owned affordable housing and created a new neighborhood. The five-year planning process
involved all key stakeholders, including existing residents, so that the resulting project would reflect
the community’s needs.

All 18 metropolitan planning organizations in California will have adopted their first Regional
Transportation Plans under SB 375 by May 2015. This article looks at what SB 375 has accomplished and things local officials should keep in mind going forward.

In 10 years it is expected that, without
greater investment, 25 percent
of local streets and roads will be
ranked “poor” — compared with
6 percent today. The local system
will have an estimated $78.3 billion
funding shortfall in the next decade.

An oil boom in North Dakota and
Canada from the Bakken shale
formation and a lack of pipeline
infrastructure have led to a dramatic
increase in oil-by-rail shipments nationwide.
As the volume of oil being
transported by rail has swelled, train
derailments have also increased.